Format:
Online-Ressource (226 p)
ISBN:
9780415628600
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
Content:
This edited collection reports the results of a comparative study of video surveillance/CCTV in Germany, Poland, and Sweden. It investigates how video surveillance as technologically mediated social control is affected by national characteristics, with a specific concern for recent political history. The book is motivated by asking what makes video surveillance "tick" in three very different cultural settings, two of which (Poland and Sweden) are virtually unexplored in the literature on surveillance. The selection of countries is motivated by an interest in societies with recent experiences o
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Description based upon print version of record
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Front Cover; Video Surveillance and Social Control in a Comparative Perspective; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Video Surveillance in Theory and as Institutional Practice: Fredrika Björklund and Ola Svenonius; Part I: Comparative Studies; 2. Modernisation, Balancing Interests, and Citizens' Rights: Public Video Surveillance in Poland, Germany, and Sweden: Fredrika Björklund; 3. Video Surveillance in a Historical Perspective: Ola Svenonius
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4.The Protection of Privacy in the Context of Video Surveillance: Towards a European Model?: Patricia JonasonPart II: Case Studies; 5. Video Surveillance and the Question of Trust: Wojciech Szrubka; 6. How Effective is the Public Video Surveillance System in Warsaw?: Paweł Waszkiewicz; 7. From Privacy Protection towards Affirmative Regulation: The Politics of Police Surveillance in Germany: Eric Töpfer; 8. The Pressure of the Practice: Swedish PublicSurveillance in an Institutional Perspective: Elfar Loftsson; Contributors; Index;
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pt. I. Comparative studies -- pt. II. Case studies.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781136182020
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415628600
Additional Edition:
Print version Video Surveillance and Social Control in a Comparative Perspective
Language:
English
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